Walkers Mill Real Estate News

Regional Headlines

Shyril Small teeters down the stairs past a photo of John Wayne to greet the flood of guests entering the home. Her silver hoop earrings and feathered blond hair match her Texas twang as she cheerily welcomes real estate agents to view the newest addition to the already booming North Texas housing market.
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I am a believer in dreams, and when I had a waking dream a few days after the S&P downgrade of our national debt of President Obama packing his bags and leaving the White House, I was saddened for him and for my country. But the great thing about dreams, if they are truly predictive, is that they give you time to change the future, and I'm going to try doing that with this advice.
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In the immediate aftermath of the oil crash, some in the Houston housing industry worried about the effect that energy layoffs would have on the mortgage business. That hasn't happened, according to Steven Kaufman , CEO of Zeus Trust Co., a Houston-based mortgage company.
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that the Clintons aren't just responsible for the 1990s economic boom, but also the more recent financial meltdown. Perry traveled to New York to offer his argument for reforming Wall Street at an event hosted by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
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National Headlines

Housing transactions in Taiwan in July maintained roughly the same level as a month earlier, with the volume of transactions falling in Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan and rising in Hsinchu and Taichung, according to a local real estate agent. The July transaction volume was down by around 10 percent in the three special municipalities in the north, and up by 10.9 percent in central Taiwan's Taichung and 19 percent in Hsinchu in the north, according to data from Sinyi Realty Inc. , one of Taiwan's leading property sales agencies.
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Revenue of $1.7 billion, which represents a 9 percent increase compared to second quarter 2014, was driven by higher home sale transaction volume. Net income for second quarter 2015 was $97 million, and basic earnings per share was $0.66, representing increases of 43 percent and 40 percent, respectively, compared to the prior year period.
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The real estate market can be a complicated and stressful proposition for grown-ups. But as far as kids are concerned, it's all child's play! Homes.com presents a different side of that equation with their hilarious Kids Say The Darndest Things-esque video series, titled, "Kids Playhouse."
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Online property tour pioneer VisualTour recently announced a new chapter in its service to real estate agents last week. After nearly three decades under the name VisualTour, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based company will show the world a new face as Paradym.
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The number-one threat to the real estate industry is having a transactional mindset. Although transactional agents work hard to ensure that the deal closes, they lose touch with their clients afterwards.
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